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the government did want do that in libya. you know, a group of rebels did. let's be clear-- >>> the rebels are the government in libya. >> no, you emphat kate condemned it and tried to prevent it and so did a lot of peace-loving libyans and according to polls, most of them are incredibly supportive of the united states and grate of the federal role we played. the reality is that mitt romney is behind president obama in a 10-point margin in who americans think will deal better with foreign policy. the last week reflects a desperation on the part of mitt romney to try to, instead of when american interests are at stake and we have a foreign policy crisis, instead of backing up the president as a good american should, he is injecting politics into the protionz and he is projecting a weak image by weakening america's resolve abroad. it's shameful. >> it is really funny. i hear from democrats all the time, how weak rom me is and he doesn't stand for anything. when i comes out with what i think was an appropriate and bold statement, and the white house adopted wha
the government did want do that in libya. you know, a group of rebels did. let's be clear-- >>> the rebels are the government in libya. >> no, you emphat kate condemned it and tried to prevent it and so did a lot of peace-loving libyans and according to polls, most of them are incredibly supportive of the united states and grate of the federal role we played. the reality is that mitt romney is behind president obama in a 10-point margin in who americans think will deal better...
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if that is true how do we explain the attack in libya? go back to the video narrative. but that is the movie that would never sell. right? covering up for the failure of not only the secretary of state to protect our diplomats as well as a foreign policy of a feckless, weak, ineffective and down right dangerous administration supposed to be one of the most transparent in history just begs the question what else are they lying about? former vice chief of staff of the army retired four star general and fox news military analyst jack keene in orlando. terror analyst and the author of the terrorist next door eric stagelback and former intelligence officer for the office of defense join me this evening. good evening, gentlemen. >> three days after the attack in benghazi, the former commander of the u.s. central command, the cia director, david petraeus goes along with the administration, general, and he says that the attack in benghazi was prompted by a you tube video. now, you guys had similar training. was petraeus just towing the party line? >> well, from what i understan
if that is true how do we explain the attack in libya? go back to the video narrative. but that is the movie that would never sell. right? covering up for the failure of not only the secretary of state to protect our diplomats as well as a foreign policy of a feckless, weak, ineffective and down right dangerous administration supposed to be one of the most transparent in history just begs the question what else are they lying about? former vice chief of staff of the army retired four star...
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ambassador in libya. (chanting) >> meantime riots breaking out in tunisia where dozens of pro tests burning the american flag you suicide of the u.s. embassy. >> let's get the latest from our own gregg palkot who joins us live from london. a lot going on. what's the update? >> we were just speaking with a yemeni official. he tells me in fact the perimeter walls the security core done around the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen have been breached by protestors. he says there was damage done to the embassy grounds. he says the situation is under control. as you noted there was damage done the flag taken down. some injuries some destruction to u.s. property in that area. that is happening while we were also watching in cairo egypt were protests have gone on through tonight into today. police trying to deal with that situation now firing tear gas into a crowd. the anger in yemen and cairo and the anger we are hearing about from other countries as you hear about stemming from the movie "made in the u.s." s
ambassador in libya. (chanting) >> meantime riots breaking out in tunisia where dozens of pro tests burning the american flag you suicide of the u.s. embassy. >> let's get the latest from our own gregg palkot who joins us live from london. a lot going on. what's the update? >> we were just speaking with a yemeni official. he tells me in fact the perimeter walls the security core done around the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen have been breached by protestors. he says...
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sent him to libya under the specific condition that he would stay in jail in libya. this is the only picture we have ever had of him. it's unclear to us or any of our sources how or why he got out of custody in libya. up until today, the obama administration has refused to say that the attack on libya was, indeed, terrorism. this morning that changed. in the director of national counter terrorism center matthew olson told lawmakers that it was, indeed, a terror attack. wendell goler is live at the state department with us tonight. wendell, is there new information on whether this attack was actually tied to 9/11? shep frankly it's still not clear it's hard to imagine the date was a coincidence. the attackers use a pro-tefts anti-islam film innocence of islam as a distraction. then when u.s. ambassador susan rice cast doubt on that. officials here back off and wait until the fbi completed its investigation before, you know, saying what triggered the attack. today, as you say, the director of the national counter terrorism center in a hearing on capitol hill offered hi
sent him to libya under the specific condition that he would stay in jail in libya. this is the only picture we have ever had of him. it's unclear to us or any of our sources how or why he got out of custody in libya. up until today, the obama administration has refused to say that the attack on libya was, indeed, terrorism. this morning that changed. in the director of national counter terrorism center matthew olson told lawmakers that it was, indeed, a terror attack. wendell goler is live at...
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we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i've directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. >> jon: that is an extremely abbreviated time line. question for us on news watch how did the media react or fail to react to the news surrounding these events? let's go to correspondent shannon bream for more. >> late tuesday, g.o.p. nominee mitt romney released a statement calling the administration's initial response to the attacks in egypt disgraceful. they appeared to, quote, sympathize with those that waged the attacks. it came in the response of an embassy statement which hillary clinton had reportedly rejected and senator officials say the white house never approved. yet despite the distance the administration to want it between it and embassy statement only romney seems to be taking the heat for criticizing it. >> the statement looks tone deaf in this light. >> reporter: they called romney's statement, unwise and inaccurate and unpresidential. >> the president's policies in the midd
we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i've directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. >> jon: that is an extremely abbreviated time line. question for us on news watch how did the media react or fail to react to the news surrounding these events? let's go to correspondent shannon bream for more. >> late tuesday, g.o.p. nominee mitt romney released a statement calling the administration's initial response to...
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libya and yemen to their credit and governments there reacted very well and they apologized. they moved forces in, and i think there's great regret in libya, and great pre-american sentiment, but the question is about egypt, the most important one. >> it's the biggest and most important. >> and supporting the democrat's position there and backed morsi the muslim brotherhood leader and there was a big delegation last week in cairo of american business leaders and want to forgive their debt. >> we agreed to forgive a billion dollars worth of debt last week. >> and we have this sort of get congress to pass off on that still. >> it's going to be harder after this week, but the question is, i think, to dan's point is that half american pa seivety, we can't influence the events and if we try too hard we'll be accused of meddling, so, we have to step back and i've had people who understand what's going on in libya say that by stepping back in libya we've let the ka f qataris and the saudis-- >> and we do have leverage that we're not using it as well as it could be. >> yes, but, i th
libya and yemen to their credit and governments there reacted very well and they apologized. they moved forces in, and i think there's great regret in libya, and great pre-american sentiment, but the question is about egypt, the most important one. >> it's the biggest and most important. >> and supporting the democrat's position there and backed morsi the muslim brotherhood leader and there was a big delegation last week in cairo of american business leaders and want to forgive...
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libya, there is chaos and the weak government there obviously cannot protect americans who are in the country. ambassador christopher stephens was a long time friends to libyans, but assassinated tuesday. you can see the evidence is overwhelming. much of the muslim world is not friendly to the the usa despite president obama's outreach. so now it is time for america to change its strategy. talking points does not believe it's smart to openly antagonize any muslim government, with the exception of iran. that country will most likely have to be dealt with by military in some fashion. however, mr. obama has an obligation, an obligation to punish governments like egypt which allow attacks on american citizens. let me repeat, the president must punish the egyptians. we are living in a dangerous world. the president's first priority is to protect americans, period. that's a memo. now the top story tonight, another point of view, joining us from washington congressman keith ellisson who himself a muslim. where am i going wrong here, congressman? >> you're going wrong because you're grossly o
libya, there is chaos and the weak government there obviously cannot protect americans who are in the country. ambassador christopher stephens was a long time friends to libyans, but assassinated tuesday. you can see the evidence is overwhelming. much of the muslim world is not friendly to the the usa despite president obama's outreach. so now it is time for america to change its strategy. talking points does not believe it's smart to openly antagonize any muslim government, with the exception...
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we have already ambassador killed in libya. we have to be careful about comparisons to hostages taken in embassies. how do we learn from the past here and apply what could be modern foreign policy, whatever you like to call it to the situation as it stands? >> i think much of what is going on is simply indigenous to the countries involved and woe shouldn't overestimate our ability to affect them. i think we misunderstood the nature of turmoil we've seen in the region in the past 18 months. it is not motivated by a desire to make egypt into switzerland. that is not what motivates these people. i think part of it is --. jenna: what does motivate them? >> i think it is religious fanaticism. that idealogical urge, not related to economic conditions. it is, it is religious, a feeling we don't understand in the secular united states so well. jenna: that is broader question. does religious fanaticism, if that is what it is need to be met with something equally asfa gnat tick if you will to tamper it or temper it to make sure it doesn'
we have already ambassador killed in libya. we have to be careful about comparisons to hostages taken in embassies. how do we learn from the past here and apply what could be modern foreign policy, whatever you like to call it to the situation as it stands? >> i think much of what is going on is simply indigenous to the countries involved and woe shouldn't overestimate our ability to affect them. i think we misunderstood the nature of turmoil we've seen in the region in the past 18...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. and sky news, our cousins across the pond in britain, are reporting tonight that the libyan interior ministry is saying that an american has been killed in the clashes there. >> shep: it is astounding to hear it from the analyst how either one person or one tiny group among 300 million people in this country can cause this sort of a problem. we know it's not the first time we've seen this sort of protest. far from it. >> we remember, of course, the protests that happened after that christian church leader in florida, terry jones, proposed burning the koran back in 2010. then, of course, there were the protests across the middle east in 2005 after a danish magazine published caricatures of the prophet, mohammed. the concern now with this particular incident in egypt is this is the new egypt, the new egyptian president is a member of the muslim brother shed and there will be questions about security outside the u.s. embassy. u.s. marines are responsible for security up to the perimeter
consulate in benghazi, libya. and sky news, our cousins across the pond in britain, are reporting tonight that the libyan interior ministry is saying that an american has been killed in the clashes there. >> shep: it is astounding to hear it from the analyst how either one person or one tiny group among 300 million people in this country can cause this sort of a problem. we know it's not the first time we've seen this sort of protest. far from it. >> we remember, of course, the...
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that is the samuation in libya. those host nation forces are not capable of defending fixed installations and we need resources and keep those people safe or they shouldn't be when you think about the war in iraq. where did most of the anti-u.s. soldiers and militants come from? they came from benghazi. it is not like we didn't know there is it a problem >> look. every country in the region has a radical islamic movement that is operating inside of it. and they move fighters around you they make no mistake about it and final question. have we gained anything by our involvement in the middle east? should we change our strategy. and like any president wouldn't. given what is happening to us. and our policy now is unstate we saw it unfold over the last three plus years we are disengaging from the middle east. our friends say why aren't you standing here with us. look at iran. permitting them to have a nuclear weapon and we have a feckless policy that is not standing up to them and we are pulling out of iraq despite the
that is the samuation in libya. those host nation forces are not capable of defending fixed installations and we need resources and keep those people safe or they shouldn't be when you think about the war in iraq. where did most of the anti-u.s. soldiers and militants come from? they came from benghazi. it is not like we didn't know there is it a problem >> look. every country in the region has a radical islamic movement that is operating inside of it. and they move fighters around you...
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that is the samuation in libya. those host nation forces are not capable of defending fixed installations and we need resources and keep those people safe or they shouldn't be when you think about the war in iraq. where did most of the anti-u.s. soldiers and militants come from? they came from benghazi. it is not like we didn't know there is it a problem >> look. every country in the region has a radical islamic movement that is operating inside of it. and they move fighters around you they make no mistake about it and final question. have we gained anything by our involvement in the middle east? should we change our strategy. and like any president wouldn't. given what is happening to us. and our policy now is unstate we saw it unfold over the last three plus years we are disengaging from the middle east. our friends say why aren't you standing here with us. look at iran. permitting them to have a nuclear weapon and we have a feckless policy that is not standing up to them and we are pulling out of iraq despite the
that is the samuation in libya. those host nation forces are not capable of defending fixed installations and we need resources and keep those people safe or they shouldn't be when you think about the war in iraq. where did most of the anti-u.s. soldiers and militants come from? they came from benghazi. it is not like we didn't know there is it a problem >> look. every country in the region has a radical islamic movement that is operating inside of it. and they move fighters around you...
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>> it had gotten through clobbering romney about libya and then they have this. ten minutes of diane sawyer and juan williams saying what a problem this is for romney. his campaign is doomed. then it's torched and protests and bad news about the iraqis allowing iranians to fly weapons through syria then they move on. no context. a few lonely voices say the entire obama foreign policy has collapsed, with the exception of krauthammer they move on to they are eating at parks or whatever it is. the remains is the ten minutes of solid clobbering of romney every night on videotape issue. >> jon: do you agree. it was it a smoke screen for the media? >> i think it had to happen because so many conservatives piled on. it wasn't just the liberal media. it was talking about a string of gaffes. i think dana called it a one-man looper reel but its repeated set of mistakes. this one is major. i don't think it's a great example of media bias. this is covering the man, the candidate. >> jon: but when president obama said that the supreme court could not overrule a law passed by
>> it had gotten through clobbering romney about libya and then they have this. ten minutes of diane sawyer and juan williams saying what a problem this is for romney. his campaign is doomed. then it's torched and protests and bad news about the iraqis allowing iranians to fly weapons through syria then they move on. no context. a few lonely voices say the entire obama foreign policy has collapsed, with the exception of krauthammer they move on to they are eating at parks or whatever it...
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the scene in benghazi, libya, tuesday night. september 11th as what was believed to be, what were believed to be reuters storming the u.s. cons the lat protesting an answered muslim film supposedly from this country and for the u.s. attacking cairo egypt ap tearing down the american flag. somebody tweeted this, we firmly reject the action of those who use the universal right of freedom of speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others. politico tried to have the statement like this, the statement by the embassy cairo was not cleared by the washington and does not reflect the views of the nights government and mitt romney reacted with this statement, i am outraged by the attacks on americans in diplomatic mission ins libya and egypt and by the death of an american consulate worker in benghazi. >> ultimately the administration was wrong to stand by a statement with those who breached our embassy in egypt. instead of condemning their actions. it's never too early for the united states government to condemn attacks on americans, and
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, not the government or people of libya, i hope that is true. if you get back to one part and coordination, somebody had to know where the ambassador was and somebody tipped them off and maybe it is true that the libyans tried to help him, to get him to the hospital. but there is a lot more here that meets the eye. they should have backed off for a minute. >> bob: one thing we do know this brigade that was put obama in front of the same consulate six months ago and took credit for it. it's not surprising to me they have the intelligence and the ability to do that. and use this. maybe now somebody stirred up the crowds so they would get the diversion. >> dana: either paid or organized in a way they -- >> bob: organize a couple thousands. >> eric: on 9/11? on 9/11, c'mon. >> bob: sure. i'm not -- i'm saying it was for 9/11. that's what i'm saying. >> eric: clearly. >> andrea: you talk about they were fighting for free speech in tahrir square. but do we know if they were really fighting for that? or were they fighting for jobs and higher food price
, not the government or people of libya, i hope that is true. if you get back to one part and coordination, somebody had to know where the ambassador was and somebody tipped them off and maybe it is true that the libyans tried to help him, to get him to the hospital. but there is a lot more here that meets the eye. they should have backed off for a minute. >> bob: one thing we do know this brigade that was put obama in front of the same consulate six months ago and took credit for it....
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consulate in libya. instead members of congress say that there were at least four attack on diplomatic and western targets in benghazi leading up to the murder of chris stevens. molly henneberg live at the white house with more. the state department is warning americans now about travel in the wake of all of this unrest. what can you tell us about the alert? >> hi. leeland mentioned it. this is breaking in the past hour. the state department warning americans about travel to a couple of places telling americans to get out of a couple of hot spots because of demonstrations in and around u.s. embassies. let's go first to tunisia. the state department saying do not go there. warning against all travel to tunisia at this time. this after ordering all nonemergency embassy staff out of the country yesterday. the state department says americans should get out on a commercial flight and leave the country. yesterday protesters scaled the walls of the embassy compound, damaged building, cars, set fire to a gym and
consulate in libya. instead members of congress say that there were at least four attack on diplomatic and western targets in benghazi leading up to the murder of chris stevens. molly henneberg live at the white house with more. the state department is warning americans now about travel in the wake of all of this unrest. what can you tell us about the alert? >> hi. leeland mentioned it. this is breaking in the past hour. the state department warning americans about travel to a couple of...
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they want to take over in syria and libya and yemen. they say so long as the united states continues to push its current policies of freedom and democracy around the world they will continue what they view as a war against the united states and we have seen al qaeda calling for more attacks on the united states and its assets abroad. megyn: that is unbelievable to see you sitting down with the leader of al qaeda's brother. what was it like for you to be a couple feet away from that man? >> reporter: in many ways it was surreal in terms of the experience. i think that struck me the most as we sat there together for an hour and a half before talking beforehand and sitting downpour was the banality of evil with someone who hates the values we hold so near and dear. since the revolution in egypt we have been able to work our way into some of the movements here. the sal if i * movement. and al-zawahiri is trying to have his thoughts heard. they are candid about what they want in the middle east and how much they hate america. megyn: incredib
they want to take over in syria and libya and yemen. they say so long as the united states continues to push its current policies of freedom and democracy around the world they will continue what they view as a war against the united states and we have seen al qaeda calling for more attacks on the united states and its assets abroad. megyn: that is unbelievable to see you sitting down with the leader of al qaeda's brother. what was it like for you to be a couple feet away from that man?...
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more funding for libya. it is worth $20 million i believe we have got another amount of money $1.6 million. a lot of your colleagues have said enough already. enough, enough, enough, what do you think? >> i can understand that. i think the money going to libya would be minimum or nonexistent. their oil production is up to where it was when qaddafi was in power. in egypt they have enormous difficulties obviously economically. we have to be jude dish shoes as to how we use tax payer's dollars. i can guarantee you if if we take action that makes enemies out of that part of the world, we will pay a very heavy price over time. and i know americans are hurting, but i believe in the case of libya they have every opportunity over time to have a functioning democracy that is a friend of america, and i think that egypt is so important, it's the heart and soul of the muslim world. so it matters to us what happens in egypt. and i understand the frustration, the anger and the sorrow that the american people are feeling t
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consulate in libya. the u.s. ambassador and three others were killed in tuesday's assault in benghazi. today u.n. ambassador susan wright says the attack was spontaneous and not planned. house intelligence committee mike rogers says too soon to tell. classified information makes you stop for a minute and cause. whether it was sparked by on-line video rocking prophet mohammed. >> we are of the view that this is not an expression of hostility in the broadest sense toward the united states or u.s. policy. it is a reaction to this video and it is a hateful video that had nothing to do with the united states. if we all rallied behind the i video pe will make diplomatic mistakes if that's the only reason we are showing up at the embassy to conduct acts of violence. >> he says there are too many coincidences the fact that it was the anniversary of 9-11. in view of ambassador write a protest over the video was hijacked by clusters of extremists the fbi trying to sort it all out. now to gregg palkot of tunisia. >> the wor
consulate in libya. the u.s. ambassador and three others were killed in tuesday's assault in benghazi. today u.n. ambassador susan wright says the attack was spontaneous and not planned. house intelligence committee mike rogers says too soon to tell. classified information makes you stop for a minute and cause. whether it was sparked by on-line video rocking prophet mohammed. >> we are of the view that this is not an expression of hostility in the broadest sense toward the united states...
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go back to libya. now he is returning home one last time, shep, having given his life trying to create a better post qaddafi libya. shep? >> shepard: jonathan, thank you. i want you to see these live images coming to us from cairo, egypt. i will let the pictures speak for themselves. our producers have been watching closely over the last minute as our newscast came on the air this evening and they have witnessed people throwing rocks and bottles and the like. general unrest. this is outside the american embassy in cairo. we have nothing to indicate at they have tried to penetrate that embassy. of course, security has been beefed up. but as to the murder of our ambassador, jonathan it, is the reporting that he was missing for a long time. and that nobody seemed to know where he was. further, that marines were not there to protect him at the time and that some of the locals actually took him to a hospital. >> yeah, that's right. what we know, shep, the initial attack occurred around 4:00 p.m. eastern. ar
go back to libya. now he is returning home one last time, shep, having given his life trying to create a better post qaddafi libya. shep? >> shepard: jonathan, thank you. i want you to see these live images coming to us from cairo, egypt. i will let the pictures speak for themselves. our producers have been watching closely over the last minute as our newscast came on the air this evening and they have witnessed people throwing rocks and bottles and the like. general unrest. this is...
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egypt and libya. if we pull the funding without's thorough investigation as to what will happen that will throw gasoline on the fire. we don't need to spend money on advertising. people who are here and we need a congressional relationship. and they help the united states and fight samoa and we are reluctant to take that step. egyptians changed the tune. >> the senate voted it down. >> i think that we are not throwing good money after bad. the president was firm with egyptian president morsi when their response was not what we thought it should be. and i think that we are going to see more of that. it is not fair to say he apologized for the film. he said it was reprehensible but said it is no excuse for violence. it isn't. we need to continue foreign aid because it is in our best interest but not throw good money after bad. each of these countries need to be assessed. >> congressman frank. we'll ask you about this when the stakes remain high. >> i can't emphasize how dangerous it is of affirming the
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ambassador and three others both libya and u.s. investigative agencies working hard to track to down those involved thought to be involved with the terrorists. >> now to a look at who is talking in the family of chris stevens. the ambassador to libya is talking this morning. >> speaking to robert steven's stepfather speaking about the security and protection his stepson had. >> he always had good security. it happens in this particular job when he went to benghazi to participate in the opening of a cultural center that it was under staffed and he didn't have as much security protection he had when he was in benghazi before. certainly not as much as he had in the embassy of tripoly. that's what it was. he knew what was there. i am a little surprised that he apparently was caught so unawares and didn't think of the possibilities of what piet happen. >> he also spoke about whether stevens was ever worried about his safety. he said he never expressed or showed any sense of apprehension or concern. >> we are following another major stor
ambassador and three others both libya and u.s. investigative agencies working hard to track to down those involved thought to be involved with the terrorists. >> now to a look at who is talking in the family of chris stevens. the ambassador to libya is talking this morning. >> speaking to robert steven's stepfather speaking about the security and protection his stepson had. >> he always had good security. it happens in this particular job when he went to benghazi to...
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we're learning new details in the attacks on libya in a run up to the storming of the u.s. consulate in benghazi, four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens were killed when rioters attacked that consulate on september 11th. the consulate was reportedly attacked in june and august and information they briefed on that. consulate was clearly a target for militant. a rally in chicago with no deal yet in the massive teachers strike. this morning negotiators are sounding more hopeful and agreed on a frame work to end the walkout. union leaders warn there's no final agreement yet and nearly week long strike effected 350,000 students in one of the nation's largest school districts. i'm jamie colby, back in cavuto on business on the fox news channel, one of the most powerful names in news. >> this is incredible, this is what billions in u.s. aid get you after all of these years, hundreds of millions of dollars to libya alone since we helped that country topple a dictator. and billions to egypt since its people toppled its own government last year. and what happens? befo
we're learning new details in the attacks on libya in a run up to the storming of the u.s. consulate in benghazi, four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens were killed when rioters attacked that consulate on september 11th. the consulate was reportedly attacked in june and august and information they briefed on that. consulate was clearly a target for militant. a rally in chicago with no deal yet in the massive teachers strike. this morning negotiators are sounding more hopeful and...
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>>shepard: he was in libya when qadhafi fell. >>guest: he was in libya shortly africa deaf fell. >>shepard: did he ever discuss all of that? >>guest: he described him as some of the closest firefighting that he witnessed without being part of. none of it was geared toward him or the other americans there, it was just a lot of clean up in the streets and scuffling. >>shepard: he was working as a security officer for a private security firm, right? >>guest: yes. >>shepard: how long had that been going on? what specifically did he do? >>guest: he got out of the navy in 2005 after 10 years as a seal and he had been, since then, for seven years, working if private security on a three-month on, 1 1/2 month off, generally, basis, where he went to various countries including afghanistan, pakistan, yemen, mostly, and mexico, contracting for the government. >>shepard: you always worried. >>guest: he was putting himself at risk. >>shepard: it must have been something he loved doing? >>guest: he felt it was valuable. he was good at what he did. he wanted someone who was good at what they did
>>shepard: he was in libya when qadhafi fell. >>guest: he was in libya shortly africa deaf fell. >>shepard: did he ever discuss all of that? >>guest: he described him as some of the closest firefighting that he witnessed without being part of. none of it was geared toward him or the other americans there, it was just a lot of clean up in the streets and scuffling. >>shepard: he was working as a security officer for a private security firm, right? >>guest:...
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we know there are all kinds of missing weapons in libya. we know it was lend. -- we know it was 9/11. but there was no "hot" intelligence. >>guest: i don't believe the white house had actionable intelligence about a specific attack in beach gaza but the bigger problem is we knew what the environment was. this is a problem where the state department which has primary responsibility for determining resources for security around their facilities overseas, they did not properly assess the risk. since the dust settled in libya, so the bottom line is we know al qaeda associates and like-minded groups have been operating in libya since the revolution started. we know there is a lot of heavy weaponry on the ground. we know it is chaos. to not devote more resources in benghazi where you know you will have long-term presence of consulate personnel and occasionally, you know, visits by senior embassy personnel, that crossed the lines. >>trace: but you just said, hindsight is 20/20 and you can monday morning quarterback the situation, but is it fair to
we know there are all kinds of missing weapons in libya. we know it was lend. -- we know it was 9/11. but there was no "hot" intelligence. >>guest: i don't believe the white house had actionable intelligence about a specific attack in beach gaza but the bigger problem is we knew what the environment was. this is a problem where the state department which has primary responsibility for determining resources for security around their facilities overseas, they did not properly...
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democrat's what we did in libya. maybe you don't remember that. >> bob: that is different than landing troops on the ground. >> kimberly: boots on the ground. >> eric: that's why -- >> bob: people have have been killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> eric: it's important for you and the leftists following president obama and president obama to say it's an act of terrorism. you just said it. >> bob: us leftists? you want us to invade iraq again? >> eric: there can be ways to handle this. one is economic, one is drones. the use of -- step it up. >> kimberly: combination. >> greg: why don't we stand progressive peace activists over there to reason are with them and explain it's our fault. then they understand. >> kimberly: occupy wall street people. >> greg: we could knit a peace blanket. then smother them with it. it doesn't work. >> bob: let me hear you say what you do. not just -- >> greg: you wan to know what i'd do? >> eric: stop the aid. no foreign aid. drone them. find out where they are. while them out. we know wher
democrat's what we did in libya. maybe you don't remember that. >> bob: that is different than landing troops on the ground. >> kimberly: boots on the ground. >> eric: that's why -- >> bob: people have have been killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> eric: it's important for you and the leftists following president obama and president obama to say it's an act of terrorism. you just said it. >> bob: us leftists? you want us to invade iraq again? >> eric:...
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but have you to support libya. she is -- she is happy with the way, how the libyans handled the issue, how the government -- i happening the thing that is very clear, this is want government or people of libya behind this attack. this attack is a very small, stupid people. >> greta: tell me, what do you make of the fact that there are protests in yemen and in cairo, besides just in libya. do you have any connection between the protests? >> well, of course, the connection, i think is the movie. i believe.. -- >> greta: but the movie's just -- i mean, the movie was -- is... not done by american government. people know that, right? >> it is very difficult to distinguish in the middle-east now. because of the different system that we have. anything that comes from a country and they -- they believe that the government is responsible for that because they tried to make it very clear by the administration. but i believe strongly that what is behind this and the protest against the american embassy and all over some count
but have you to support libya. she is -- she is happy with the way, how the libyans handled the issue, how the government -- i happening the thing that is very clear, this is want government or people of libya behind this attack. this attack is a very small, stupid people. >> greta: tell me, what do you make of the fact that there are protests in yemen and in cairo, besides just in libya. do you have any connection between the protests? >> well, of course, the connection, i think is...
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libya. track them down, and kill every terrorist involved. >> bill: all right. thanks very much. a reminder the colonel's book a very interesting read. democratic congressman will analyze the murders of the americans last night. dick morris on a bunch of new polling out today. some of it good news for mitt romney. we are coming right back from boston, massach >>> a mob launched into a fiery rampage there yesterday. the attack killing the u.s. ambassador and killing three others as well. the white house is investigating whether the rampage was planned to mark the anniversary of the september 11th attacks or as a backlash to an antiislamic movie z a second night of violent demonstrations in cairo. and there are no specific threats to their safety at this point. i'm ainsley earhardt. back to the o'reilly factor, thanks for watching fox. this happy couple used capital one venture miles for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards..
libya. track them down, and kill every terrorist involved. >> bill: all right. thanks very much. a reminder the colonel's book a very interesting read. democratic congressman will analyze the murders of the americans last night. dick morris on a bunch of new polling out today. some of it good news for mitt romney. we are coming right back from boston, massach >>> a mob launched into a fiery rampage there yesterday. the attack killing the u.s. ambassador and killing three others...
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i believe that was done in libya. there are groups in egypt and elsewhere, pakistan, that want to achieve the same thing. we have to depend upon the other governments. if they want a relationship, they have to protect our embassy and our people. if they don't do that, we have to think very seriously about recalling our people and conduct off any assistance because we can't tolerate a situation where the government of any country is promoting anti-americanism. >>shepard: egypt has been one of the staunchest allies that kept the violence down that this treaty of sorts with israel could not be more important. that is a delicate line, very delicate. we are looking at a country in transition. they have a new president. we had institutions we hope are being built, democrat institutions. there is a real fine line they have to walk by, shoring up their own support of their muslim population as such in egypt. at the same time, they have to make sure they don't allow the provocation or an exercise of their free speech to jeopar
i believe that was done in libya. there are groups in egypt and elsewhere, pakistan, that want to achieve the same thing. we have to depend upon the other governments. if they want a relationship, they have to protect our embassy and our people. if they don't do that, we have to think very seriously about recalling our people and conduct off any assistance because we can't tolerate a situation where the government of any country is promoting anti-americanism. >>shepard: egypt has been one...
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included in that is continued aid to libya. will my next guest back it in republican congressman, michele bachmann. which way are you going? >>guest: i will not be able to give support for this bill today. >>neil: why not? >>guest: i cannot give support for it because we are at a very difficult time in our nation's history financially and unfortunately this has become the new normal. we pass a continuing resolution and it is a piecemeal way. we are not doing budgets. the senate has not for three years. we are at a point, each day, taking on a lot of water, $4 billion in debt i cannot do it. this is reality. we saw that the fed issued a qe3 today and what this will mean down the road is a lot of trouble because economies do recover. when the economy does report this will mean that interest rates will spike higher than they would, they will go up but they will spike more than they would. this is not a good way to go. i was the only member of congress a year ago that said that we should not raise the debt ceiling we need to do our
included in that is continued aid to libya. will my next guest back it in republican congressman, michele bachmann. which way are you going? >>guest: i will not be able to give support for this bill today. >>neil: why not? >>guest: i cannot give support for it because we are at a very difficult time in our nation's history financially and unfortunately this has become the new normal. we pass a continuing resolution and it is a piecemeal way. we are not doing budgets. the...
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that's the problem that we are seeing in libya? it is complete lawlessness in a break down of society and a lot of weapons that went missing when gaddafi was desupposed and a lot of those weapons are now in the middle east. >> mike: one of the people killed hours before he was killed, he said we are fearful that there will be an attack. i hope we don't die tonight. he said one of the guards had taken photos of the embassy and safe house. we know it was not a spontanous effort because you don't have rocket grenade launchers. they captured a number of secret documents out of the embassy and contained of contacts in libya. going forward, what do we learn? you are on the oversite committee. what do you say to the intelligences and military so that this doesn't happen again>> it is the projection of strength. when barak obama made it clear, that the united states was not standing behind israel. that changed the dynamic in the middle east? when barak obama sent one unmistaken signal. to even when the state department will not say jerusal
that's the problem that we are seeing in libya? it is complete lawlessness in a break down of society and a lot of weapons that went missing when gaddafi was desupposed and a lot of those weapons are now in the middle east. >> mike: one of the people killed hours before he was killed, he said we are fearful that there will be an attack. i hope we don't die tonight. he said one of the guards had taken photos of the embassy and safe house. we know it was not a spontanous effort because you...
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rather than the events in libya and egypt. after the president gave his statement from the white house he took no questions. bret? >> shannon, thank you. more on this with the panel. >> is your peanut butter and jelly sandwich racist? that is next in grapevine. yes, that is the question. washing the sandwich down with a big cup of soda will be harder in new york. eave the tabe till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... are we there yet? are we there yet? [ male announcer ] it's the age-old question of travel. the same one we ask ourselves every day. is it the strongest, the most efficient? have we created the kind of vehicle to move not just people... but an industry forward? are we there yet? are we really? [ male announcer ] are we there yet? we are, for now. introducing the all-new seven passenger gl. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, post
rather than the events in libya and egypt. after the president gave his statement from the white house he took no questions. bret? >> shannon, thank you. more on this with the panel. >> is your peanut butter and jelly sandwich racist? that is next in grapevine. yes, that is the question. washing the sandwich down with a big cup of soda will be harder in new york. eave the tabe till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion....
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libya. track them down, and kill every terrorist involved. >> bill: all right. thanks very much. a reminder the colonel's book a very interesting read. democratic congressman will analyze the murders of the americans last night. dick morris on a bunch of new polling out today. some of it good news for mitt romney. we are coming right back from boston, massach >> bill: continuing now with the lead story, murder of the libyan ambassador to libya. christopher stevens and three other americans in benghazi, libya. joining us from washington louise gutierrez a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, what say you? number one i'm mourning the death of a wonderful ambassador and three other americans condemning their death at the hands of extremist hands in libya. and and the same token i don't want to take a tragedy in libya and try to make political points out of it look, ambassador stevens was our uni have to the insurgent group before we got rid of colonel can qaddafi. in other w
libya. track them down, and kill every terrorist involved. >> bill: all right. thanks very much. a reminder the colonel's book a very interesting read. democratic congressman will analyze the murders of the americans last night. dick morris on a bunch of new polling out today. some of it good news for mitt romney. we are coming right back from boston, massach >> bill: continuing now with the lead story, murder of the libyan ambassador to libya. christopher stevens and three other...
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we talked today with our overtures to the middle east, particularly those in libya and elsewhere, betting on the moderates and that the good intentions and the good money behind it will pay off. we saw the same in mogadishu but it did not turn out that way. similar lessons now? >>guest: well, similar for sure in that it did not pay off over there and it would be tougher to achieve in mogadishu than it would have been in egypt, libya, et cetera. i will tell you that if this is the kind of reaction we get from the people just because they don't agree with a movie or whatever the reason was, they were looking for a reason, i think, personally, but if we are putting money to them and they burn down our embassy and kill our people, they do not deserve that money. >>neil: colonel, it affected 20 middle east capitals and beyond. this more than just an isolated libyan event and more than a cairo uprising. something is going on that seems to be bigger than either the administration is saying or admitting. what do you think? >> the fact that struck me from the beginning, neil, when the muslim broth
we talked today with our overtures to the middle east, particularly those in libya and elsewhere, betting on the moderates and that the good intentions and the good money behind it will pay off. we saw the same in mogadishu but it did not turn out that way. similar lessons now? >>guest: well, similar for sure in that it did not pay off over there and it would be tougher to achieve in mogadishu than it would have been in egypt, libya, et cetera. i will tell you that if this is the kind of...
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consulate in libya. intelligence sources says the attack appears to be a joint operation orchestrated by an al-qaeda affiliate in north africa and militia in benghazi. new information conflicting with the white house claims that was spontaneous to a film produced in the u.s. i'm arthel nevil and back to fox news watch. >> it appears thanks to a freedom of information act request that we have the proof. department of justice conspired with the far left media matters website to attack the department of justice critics. fox news correspondent james rosen has that story. >> reporter: six months ago judson phillips advanced the claim hotly disputed by the obama administration that operation fast and furious was designed to usher in draconian gun control laws. someone was watching closely because tracy smaller e-mailed a transcript to deputy research director of media matters. you see this, he wrote. completely false. wide receiver, hernandez, launched under a the george bush administration put this to a lie.
consulate in libya. intelligence sources says the attack appears to be a joint operation orchestrated by an al-qaeda affiliate in north africa and militia in benghazi. new information conflicting with the white house claims that was spontaneous to a film produced in the u.s. i'm arthel nevil and back to fox news watch. >> it appears thanks to a freedom of information act request that we have the proof. department of justice conspired with the far left media matters website to attack the...
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we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the men would have been killed. i suspect these men are apparently west african disscent and a lot of people think it's old news or something. >> i just wondered if it had something to do with the fact that he seemed to get more coverage for these kinds of missions when he was presidential candidate or considered a viable possible president. do you think that has changed? it doesn't seem like jackson's turn in the white house is ever going to come. does he get less attention? >> that inevitable but it also feels like it's a replay on a smaller
we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the...
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king says she needs to pay the consequences for misleading americans about what happened in libya. wasting no time, obama administration officials and congressional democrats are coming to rice's defense, saying she went on the sunday talk shows and gave the "best information and best assessment that the administration had at the time." national security council spokesman tommy vitt just-released statement saying rice has done extraordinary work at the united nations and for the american people. the president appreciates the work she does every day and is looking forward to her continued work. congressman king is joining us now with his thoughts on all this. congressman king, thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> do you believe that ambassador rice is part of a deliberate cover-up to mislead the public on the events surrounding the attack in banghazi? >> ambassador rice was deliberate misleading the american people or showed a lack of knowledge and sophistication she shouldn't hold that position anymore. the administration has misinformed the american people, mis
king says she needs to pay the consequences for misleading americans about what happened in libya. wasting no time, obama administration officials and congressional democrats are coming to rice's defense, saying she went on the sunday talk shows and gave the "best information and best assessment that the administration had at the time." national security council spokesman tommy vitt just-released statement saying rice has done extraordinary work at the united nations and for the...